Category Archives: stuff that makes me smile

labor day with the in-laws

remember this baby (the first picture)? well, he’s a little bit bigger now. just got back from a weekend with mr. happy stuff’s family. what a great, relaxing time we had! i took lots (and lots and lots) of pictures. … Continue reading

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funny things at the farmer’s market

in addition to the lovely produce and meats and cheeses and flowers and such available at the farmer’s market each week, there is also a vast array of people-watching opportunities.  my favorite glimpses of today (sorry, i don’t have any … Continue reading

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mushrooms (so tiny, so cute)

mr. happy stuff asked me on sunday night if i’d seen the mushrooms popping up in our increasingly soggy exterior stairwell (so. much. rain.). i thought it was very sweet of him to point them out to me just because … Continue reading

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canoeing the marsh

i think one my very first blog posts was about a canoe trip i took. this morning, i went on my first canoe trip of the summer with the same friend (and her son–also a friend)–a little later in the … Continue reading

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farmer’s market!!

one of the downsides of so much traveling these past few weeks has been that i have been unable to go to the farmer’s market downtown on saturday morning. this wouldn’t be quite the tragedy, except that it also means … Continue reading

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butterfly ride

yesterday, we tried out a new bike route. we took a few wrong turns, so it ended up being about 32 miles (and i was shocked at how tired i was! but it did take us about 2.5 hours and … Continue reading

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make way for…..

ducklings! this morning, as i drove into the parking lot at work, a family of ducks (mama duck and three little baby ducks) waddled in the cutest little line across the parking spaces.

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contemporary art

this evening was the first in a month-long series of friday night “movies on the roof” at the local art museum. tonight’s theme was “science fiction.” it’s always a series of shorts–largely experimental and somewhat bizarre. you can sit on … Continue reading

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simple pleasures–songs

today on my run, i was listening to “mushaboom” by feist (which is possibly my favorite song to run to) and realized that one of the reasons i like it so much is because of all of the concrete images … Continue reading

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silly photos

i thought you might like to see a few of the silly photos from my reunion. enjoy!

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